Introduction to Events¶
The events overview is used to display different types of events related to your IoT data.
Events can have multiple source points.
- They can be created manually while analyzing conspicuous measuring points in a graph.
- They can be created automatically while monitoring your IoT data via Rules or API.
- They can be created by your MindConnect elements directly on the device to log important timestamps.
- They can be created by other applications to indicate important events or findings.
In the event overview, a table displays all events available in the tenant from different sources. Additionally, filtering functionality helps to find specific events.
Events are only displayed for the configured time-to-live duration of the associated event type. After that time period, the events will automatically be deleted.
Insights Hub Monitor - Events video 
MindSphere Standard Events¶
The Events extension will show MindSphereStandardEvent type as the default.
This event type provides the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Severity | Describes the severity of the event. For more information, refer to the table below. |
| Asset Name | Name of the Asset. |
| Timestamp | The timestamp when this event occurred. |
| Description | A description of what happened in this event. |
| Source | The source of the event - like "manual event" or another application or device. |
| Acknowledged | A Boolean value which indicates the state of this event, if a user has already acknowledged this event, or if this is a new event. - New events have acknowledged state "false" - Acknowledged events have state "true" |
The severity is an integer value with the following meaning:
| Icon | Description | Number |
|---|---|---|
 | Error | 20 |
 | Warning | 30 |
 | Information | 40 |
 | Annotation | 80 |
Note
- Some devices or applications might provide a different number for special uses cases. In this case, only the number instead of an icon is displayed.
- Events with Annotation has the specific event type as "Insights HubAnnotation". For more information, refer to Annotations.
- Events from shared assets can only be displayed, but not acknowledged, updated or deleted.
Last update: May 6, 2026